Pérez Zeledón Canton

Pérez Zeledón is the name of the 19th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,905.51 km² (1), making it the seventh largest of the 81 cantons in the country. It has a population of 130,982 (2). The capital city of the canton is San Isidro de El General.

The canton's boundaries are established by the Río Savegre on the northwest, the Río Guabo and a series of coastal mountain ranges on the southwest and south, and the peaks of the highest mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) on the east. In the middle of the canton, the Río General, from which the canton's capital city takes its name, runs north to south through a beautiful valley.

The canton of Pérez Zeledón is subdivided into 11 distritos (districts).

# San Isidro de El General
# General
# Daniel Flores
# Rivas, Costa Rica
# San Pedro
# Platanares
# Pejibaye
# Cajón
# Barú
# Río Nuevo
# Páramo

History

The canton was established by law on July 13, 1905.

port Teams

First Division Fútbol Team

* [http://www.municipalperezzeledon.com/ First Division Fútbol Teamof Perez Zeledon... Los Guerreros del Sur!]

Basketball First Division

* [http://www.basket.perezzeledon.com/ Guerreros de Pérez Zeledón, Basketball First Division Team]

Other Links

* [http://diputadoenaccion.com/ Alexander Mora Mora Senator of the area]
* [http://www.jorgeeduardosanchez.com/ Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Perez Zeledon Deputy]
* [http://www.perezzeledon.net/ First Comercial Guide of Perez Zeledon]
* [http://www.diocesissanisidro.org/ Perez Zeledon Catholic Information -in spanish-]
* [http://www.perezzeledon.com/ Spanish Website of Pérez Zeledón]

Radio Stations of the Area

* [http://www.88stereo.com/ 88 Stereo Pérez Zeledón, broadcast live online]
* [http://www.radiosinai.org/ Catholic Radio Station of Pérez Zeledón]
* [http://www.colosalstereo.com/ Colosal Stereo]

References

(1) Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.

(2) Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.